Neil Parkinson, Chair
Appointed by: APOB
Neil is a corporate director, professional accountant and consultant with over 40 years of experience serving insurance and other financial-services organizations.
Neil was a partner in KPMG from 1988 until his retirement in 2016, and was national leader of the firm’s insurance practice from 2004 to 2015. He was deputy chair of KPMG’s Global Insurance Accounting Technical Committee, chair of the Insurance Auditors Advisory Committee for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada from 2009 to 2016, and a member of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board’s Insurance Accounting Task Force from 2006 to 2016. In addition to advising insurers, he has extensive professional experience serving pension plans and entrepeneurial real estate and manufacturing companies.
He is currently chair of the board of directors of Gore Mutual Insurance Company, lead independent director and audit committee chair of Sagen MI Canada, and chair of the Actuarial Profession Oversight Board. Neil previously served on the boards of the University of Guelph and Prostate Cancer Canada, and on the boards of a number of other non-profit organizations.
Neil graduated from the University of Waterloo (BMath, 1978) and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario, 1978) and Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants (Ontario, 2009). He graduated from the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Directors Education Program in April 2016 and received his ICD.D designation in June 2016.
Neil was a partner in KPMG from 1988 until his retirement in 2016, and was national leader of the firm’s insurance practice from 2004 to 2015. He was deputy chair of KPMG’s Global Insurance Accounting Technical Committee, chair of the Insurance Auditors Advisory Committee for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada from 2009 to 2016, and a member of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board’s Insurance Accounting Task Force from 2006 to 2016. In addition to advising insurers, he has extensive professional experience serving pension plans and entrepeneurial real estate and manufacturing companies.
He is currently chair of the board of directors of Gore Mutual Insurance Company, lead independent director and audit committee chair of Sagen MI Canada, and chair of the Actuarial Profession Oversight Board. Neil previously served on the boards of the University of Guelph and Prostate Cancer Canada, and on the boards of a number of other non-profit organizations.
Neil graduated from the University of Waterloo (BMath, 1978) and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario, 1978) and Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants (Ontario, 2009). He graduated from the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Directors Education Program in April 2016 and received his ICD.D designation in June 2016.